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gnathomiasis

Disease Summary
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Mondo Description An infection that is caused by nematodes of the genus Gnathostoma, which is commonly found in Southeast Asia, and which is transmitted via the consumption of contaminated raw/undercooked birds, eels, fish, frogs, or reptiles. The pattern of symptoms is species-dependent, and extraintestinal manifestations are due to larval migration (e.g., pulmonary infiltrates, eosinophilic meningitis, or painful, pruritic subcutaneous swellings, and peripheral blood eosinophilia).
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0005776:  gnathomiasis
EFO:0007289: 
GARD:0009286: 
ICD10:B83.1: 
ICD9:128.1: 
MESH:D058429: 
NCIT:C128395: 
SCTID:44086001: 
UMLS:C0018013: